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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 27, 2014Grundy County, Mercer County, Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2014, 4:12 PM CDT for Grundy County, Mercer County, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2014, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Grundy County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 27, 4:14 PM CDT	TORNADO	9 Ne Trenton, MO	TORNADO LIFTED AROUND 414 PM...ESTIMATED PATH FROM SPOTTER 6 MILES...TORNADO LIFTED 8 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON AND 2 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 65

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 27, 12:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 436 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 540 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

464 
WFUS53 KEAX 272112
TOREAX
MOC079-129-211-272130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0004.140327T2112Z-140327T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
412 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WEST CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 410 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF SPICKARD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 355 PM...TRAINED
           WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES
           NORTHWEST OF TRENTON. AT 400 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS
           REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF TRENTON. AT 359
           PM...FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES
           NORTH-NORTHWEST OF TRENTON.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OSGOOD AND HARRIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4037 9329 4021 9324 4012 9356 4022 9364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 241DEG 33KT 4019 9350

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 3:17 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Pettis	12 hr
Mar 27, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	25 min
Mar 27, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	50 min
Mar 27, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	52 min
Mar 27, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	31 min
Mar 27, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass	44 min
Mar 27, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	DeKalb	34 min
Mar 27, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	36 min
Mar 27, 2:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	DeKalb	21 min
Mar 27, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson	33 min
Mar 27, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	45 min
Mar 27, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb	33 min
Mar 27, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	52 min
Mar 27, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis	34 min
Mar 27, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	45 min
Mar 27, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison	32 min
Mar 27, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	36 min
Mar 27, 3:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	29 min
Mar 27, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis	42 min
Mar 27, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	48 min
Mar 27, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	45 min
Mar 27, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	36 min
Mar 27, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	50 min
Mar 27, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	47 min
Mar 27, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Mercer	24 min
Mar 27, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper	25 min
Mar 27, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	46 min
Mar 27, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton, Lafayette, Randolph, Saline	36 min
Mar 27, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	34 min
Mar 27, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Howard	36 min
Mar 27, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	28 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.